scant

adj : less than the correct or legal or full amount often

deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of

sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" [syn: {light}, {scant(p)},

{short}]

v 1: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and

superficially [syn: {skimp}]

2: limit in quality or quantity [syn: {skimp}]

3: supply sparingly, with a meager allowance [syn: {stint}, {skimp}]

SCAN

1. ["A Parallel Implementation of the SCAN Language",

N.G. Bourbakis, Comp Langs 14(4):239-254 (1989)].

2. A {real-time} language from {DEC}.

[Are these the same language?]

(1994-11-01)